GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| velocity | quickness of motion : speed |
| delta | the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet see Alphabet Table |
| complementary | serving to fill out or complete |
| affront | to insult especially to the face by behavior or language |
| glut | to flood (the market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand |
| pedantic | of, relating to, or being a pedant |
| docket | a brief written summary of a document : abstract |
| catholic | roman catholic |
| compulsory | mandatory |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |